"We acquire the love of people who, being in our proximity, are presumed to know us; and we receive reputation or celebrity, from such as are not personally acquainted with us. Merit secures to us the regard of our honest neighbors, and good fortune that of the public. Esteem is the harvest of a whole life spent in usefulness; but reputation is often bestowed upon a chance action, and depends most on success."

-- George Augustus Henry Sala

#People Quotes #Merit Quotes #Honest Quotes

“It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil.”

Source : James Smithson, John Robin McDaniel Irby (1879). “The Scientific Writings of James Smithson”
“I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies.”
“Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.”

Source : TheWay of theWorld act 2, sc. 1 (1700)
“For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.”
“I thought the Made in America men's wear push was a big revolution in terms of smaller companies taking charge, but it seems like it's gotten out of control.”
“A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.”
“Confidentiality refers to the boundaries surrounding shared secrets and to the process of guarding these boundaries. While confidentiality protects much that is not in fact secret, personal secrets lie at its core. The innermost, the vulnerable, often the shameful: these aspects of self-disclosure help explain why one name for professional confidentiality has been "the professional secret." Such secrecy is sometimes mistakenly confused with privacy; yet it can concern many matters in no way private, but that someone wishes to keep from the knowledge of third parties.”

Source : Sissela Bok (2011). “Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation”, p.119, Vintage
“The story fails but your faith in the importance of doing the story doesn't fail.”

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